And you don't know squat about me. Not only do I love nature, but I've spent more time hiking, climbing, exploring, and lost in the back woods than I venture many people on this list have. In addition, I work with animals, and have developed a small client base for my cat photography, only a very small portion which has been seen on this list. It looks like, for some people, I'm still only an urbanized street photographer. maybe you should spend some time actually looking at the photos that I present here, and which can also be found on my web pages. As for what's closest to my heart, look at what I present. It's an eclectic mix ...
As for beating you at street photography, sheesh, this isn't a contest. Get real ;-)) I don't have an ISBN for the book. I don't do ISBN's - just search for it by name on Google - it's published by Lenswork Shel > [Original Message] > From: Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If you started photographing landscapes you might be taken in by the > dynamics of them. If you actually loved nature, you would see it's > beauty. When you start doing animal portraiture, you'll find your > reflexes from the street dynamics aren't fast enough. You're talking > like an urbanised street photographer. :-) > Curiously, my impression from the other side of the table is that this > list is filled mostly with urban/street/reportage stuff and far too > little landscape and nature. I guess we both want more of the kind of > photography closest to our own hearts. > > > Experiment, experiment, experiment. Shoot from your heart and your > > soul - go with your feelings, be aware of context and composition, but > > first photograph what you feel. > > This, Boris, is very good advice. In addition, I would say don't take > the experiments too seriously. Finding fun in experimentation is a > good thing. > > > > Finally, did you ever read On Being a Photographer? > > Shel, I'm sorry I have deleted your recent reference to that book. Do > you have an ISBN? > > Re: my first paragraph, I'm just saying that baking dynamics into > photos is a challenge whatever range of motifs one finds interesting. > You'd beat me hands down, at capturing street dynamics, but I'm pretty > sure I'd get my revenge at a different set of motifs. :-)
